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The Memoirs of André Trocmé: The Pastor Who Rescued Jews
André Trocmé is famous for his role in saving thousands of Jews from the Nazis as pastor of the village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, a story celebrated in literature and film. But who was the man behind the legend, and the how did he become an international hero and uncompromising advocate of nonviolence resistance? Appearing in English for the first time, his private memoirs give a colorful and honest account of a person determined to stay true to his faith and convictions, who despite his quirks was ready to stand his ground when world history came knocking.
Written for his children in the 1950s and first published in French in 2020, these memoirs trace André Trocmé’s extraordinary a bourgeois childhood; teenage years as a World War I refugee; studies abroad in New York City, where he met his future wife, Magda, and tutored the Rockefeller children; military service in Algeria, which cemented his pacifist stance; postings as a pastor in depressed areas of France; resisting fascism and hiding Jews in Le Chambon; a brief imprisonment and a stint underground; and globetrotting leadership in the International Fellowship of Reconciliation. Trocmé also reveals the impact of personal the untimely death of his mother in a car accident for which his father was responsible and, years later, his teenage son’s suicide.
This detailed first-person account from an eyewitness to pivotal moments in history will be of interest not just to scholars of the Holocaust, World War II, and domestic resistance to fascism, but also to those seeking to follow their conscience and the teachings of their faith in trying times.
Written for his children in the 1950s and first published in French in 2020, these memoirs trace André Trocmé’s extraordinary a bourgeois childhood; teenage years as a World War I refugee; studies abroad in New York City, where he met his future wife, Magda, and tutored the Rockefeller children; military service in Algeria, which cemented his pacifist stance; postings as a pastor in depressed areas of France; resisting fascism and hiding Jews in Le Chambon; a brief imprisonment and a stint underground; and globetrotting leadership in the International Fellowship of Reconciliation. Trocmé also reveals the impact of personal the untimely death of his mother in a car accident for which his father was responsible and, years later, his teenage son’s suicide.
This detailed first-person account from an eyewitness to pivotal moments in history will be of interest not just to scholars of the Holocaust, World War II, and domestic resistance to fascism, but also to those seeking to follow their conscience and the teachings of their faith in trying times.
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Published September 23, 2025
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October 26, 2025
Summary: His childhood, formative years, pacifism, and leadership in sheltering of Jews during the Holocaust.
“On January 5, 1971, Yad Vashem recognized the Reverend André Trocmé and on May 14, 1984 his wife, Magda, as Righteous Among the Nations. 32 other residents of Le Chambon sur Lignon were awarded the title, and in 1990 Yad Vashem presented the village with a special diploma of honor in tribute of their humane conduct during the war” (Yad Vashem | André and Magda Trocmé, Daniel Trocmé)
In 1994 Philip P. Hallie chronicled, in Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed, the story of the village of Le Chambon and their efforts under pastor André Trocmé, to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. They saved 5,000 by some estimates. It is a marvelous account, and thankfully, still in print. André Trocmé, in the 1950’s, penned a memoir of his life up to that time for his children. In 2020, it was published, in French. Now, we have an English edition for the first time.
As noted, the account covers the period from his childhood up to the 1950’s, when he was active in promoting the work of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR). If I had one criticism of the book, it provided a much longer account of his childhood than many memoirs or biographies. But it does recount the tragic death of his mother in an auto accident while his father was driving, and the impact on the family.
We learn of the family’s struggles as refugees in Belgium during World War 1, and the roots of André Trocmé’s pacifism. Theological studies after the war were interrupted by required military service at a time when France did not recognize conscientious objector status. Refusal to serve meant imprisonment. He offers a fascinating account of how he avoided carrying a gun!
Afterwards, he took advantage of an opportunity for studies in the United States. While in New York, he earned additional funds as a tutor for the Rockefeller children. It became an important connection later. He also met Magda in New York, returning to France to be married. After several pastoral assignments in depressed areas of France, he accepted a position in the small village of Le Chambon.
He recounts how he won the affection of the village and his educational efforts with the College Cévenol, a kind of college preparatory school. All the while, he pursued his pacifist efforts, both with his own congregation and in wider circles, even as France prepared to meet the Nazi threat. When France fell, Le Chambon came under Vichy rule. Vichy, led by Marshal Petain, cooperated in Germany in the areas not directly occupied by Germany.
As Jews seek refuge, he describes the delicate balancing act of complying with Vichy officials while breaking the law.. Then, at one point, they arrest him and fellow pastor Edouard Theis and intern him for several weeks. They could secure their release if they signed an agreement to comply with all Vichy officials. They refused but miraculously were released. His nephew Daniel, also sheltering Jews in a school over which he was principal, was not so lucky. He died under incarceration.
However, the Vichy and the Nazis were not his only problem. Resistance movements sought support, which would go against his pacifist principles. But perhaps the greatest strains were within his own family. Magda wore herself out as she supported this work. Then one of his teenage sons died by suicide, possibly accidental. Trocmé describes the lasting impact of this tragedy with painful honesty. (Another son later committed suicide).
The memoirs reveal the mix of noble and base actions of those around Trocmé. After the war, as he became more engaged in IFOR work, ambitious individuals nudged him out of his pastoral work in Le Chambon. Nor were things entirely agreeable in IFOR. He is unsparing in his criticism of English officials. However, he was able to set up the House of Reconciliation as a base for his international efforts.
The memoirs also reveal a man of firm conviction and a love for people. Out of that love, he refused administrative positions by which he would gain greater influence. Above all the memoirs reveal a man knowing his strengths and weaknesses, humble and honest about both. A great complement to Hallie’s book!
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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher for review.
“On January 5, 1971, Yad Vashem recognized the Reverend André Trocmé and on May 14, 1984 his wife, Magda, as Righteous Among the Nations. 32 other residents of Le Chambon sur Lignon were awarded the title, and in 1990 Yad Vashem presented the village with a special diploma of honor in tribute of their humane conduct during the war” (Yad Vashem | André and Magda Trocmé, Daniel Trocmé)
In 1994 Philip P. Hallie chronicled, in Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed, the story of the village of Le Chambon and their efforts under pastor André Trocmé, to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. They saved 5,000 by some estimates. It is a marvelous account, and thankfully, still in print. André Trocmé, in the 1950’s, penned a memoir of his life up to that time for his children. In 2020, it was published, in French. Now, we have an English edition for the first time.
As noted, the account covers the period from his childhood up to the 1950’s, when he was active in promoting the work of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR). If I had one criticism of the book, it provided a much longer account of his childhood than many memoirs or biographies. But it does recount the tragic death of his mother in an auto accident while his father was driving, and the impact on the family.
We learn of the family’s struggles as refugees in Belgium during World War 1, and the roots of André Trocmé’s pacifism. Theological studies after the war were interrupted by required military service at a time when France did not recognize conscientious objector status. Refusal to serve meant imprisonment. He offers a fascinating account of how he avoided carrying a gun!
Afterwards, he took advantage of an opportunity for studies in the United States. While in New York, he earned additional funds as a tutor for the Rockefeller children. It became an important connection later. He also met Magda in New York, returning to France to be married. After several pastoral assignments in depressed areas of France, he accepted a position in the small village of Le Chambon.
He recounts how he won the affection of the village and his educational efforts with the College Cévenol, a kind of college preparatory school. All the while, he pursued his pacifist efforts, both with his own congregation and in wider circles, even as France prepared to meet the Nazi threat. When France fell, Le Chambon came under Vichy rule. Vichy, led by Marshal Petain, cooperated in Germany in the areas not directly occupied by Germany.
As Jews seek refuge, he describes the delicate balancing act of complying with Vichy officials while breaking the law.. Then, at one point, they arrest him and fellow pastor Edouard Theis and intern him for several weeks. They could secure their release if they signed an agreement to comply with all Vichy officials. They refused but miraculously were released. His nephew Daniel, also sheltering Jews in a school over which he was principal, was not so lucky. He died under incarceration.
However, the Vichy and the Nazis were not his only problem. Resistance movements sought support, which would go against his pacifist principles. But perhaps the greatest strains were within his own family. Magda wore herself out as she supported this work. Then one of his teenage sons died by suicide, possibly accidental. Trocmé describes the lasting impact of this tragedy with painful honesty. (Another son later committed suicide).
The memoirs reveal the mix of noble and base actions of those around Trocmé. After the war, as he became more engaged in IFOR work, ambitious individuals nudged him out of his pastoral work in Le Chambon. Nor were things entirely agreeable in IFOR. He is unsparing in his criticism of English officials. However, he was able to set up the House of Reconciliation as a base for his international efforts.
The memoirs also reveal a man of firm conviction and a love for people. Out of that love, he refused administrative positions by which he would gain greater influence. Above all the memoirs reveal a man knowing his strengths and weaknesses, humble and honest about both. A great complement to Hallie’s book!
_______________________
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher for review.
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October 9, 2025The Memoirs of Andre Trocme
A review cannot do justice to Andre Trocme’s Memoirs, nor will all readers be affected in the same way. Those who have suffered greatly know the truth of pain that Trocme described as “an incurable wound.” But all readers are invited to consider themselves in relation to a world where suffering and sacrifice continue--and also to search for purpose in their own time. His discoveries came with hard preparation illuminated by faith, truly a pearl of great price for him and his wife Magda. While situated in the most violent war in modern times, its cruelties and spirit of evil focused them on the most essential work for them to do, despite personal deprivation and hardship. One is struck by an immediacy in his unvarnished reflections written in the 1950s, only a few years after World War II. He seems to also have been working out the interplay of circumstances and choices leading to the formation of his faith—and, clearly, his character. Named as one of the first Righteous Among the Nations for saving thousands of Jews in Vichy Fance, he would accept only as one of the many who shared such great risk. Often doubting himself, he did not doubt the purpose of the essential work to which he was called.
He traced the effects of his French Protestant father who was pious, controlling, and selfish. Proud of his family, class, and wealth, he placed heavy judgement on others, including Andre who developed little confidence in himself. His childhood perhaps led him too often to be humbly reticent by assuming the superiority of others, even naively helping friends and fellow clergy who were not immune to the pitfalls of pride, envy, status, and even betrayal. His experience as a refugee in World War I perhaps influenced his courageous decision to become a pacifist while a soldier in colonial Morocco. He and wife Magda, also an outsider, shared the search for “what is essential” in Christianity as they pledged themselves to a life of service, first in the north of France where God meant “liberation” for miners in abject poverty and later in the Midi, where God meant “nature, destiny, the unknowable” for farmers of a village conformity. Despite exhaustion, deprivation, and risk, 1942 proved their happiest year.
Suddenly shattered by a bizarre tragedy that left them “bleeding to death,” Trocme realized a God “totally immersed in the suffering of the creation.” His memoirs do not glorify but portray an intensely personal journey to the center of faith. He admonished residents and refugees of all stripes in post-war bitterness and chaos, “Let us stop labeling one another in scornful terms: right-wing, left-wing, peasants, workers, intellectuals, proletarians, or landowners.” He called them to be Christian brothers and sisters in Jesus, prayer making possible love and forgiveness for enemies without pride or hatred. At 66, he recalled these as the “essential years of my life.” Shortly before his death at 70, he said he had always doubted himself but never doubted God. He painfully analyzed his own failings, but he had learned that God loved him. “I couldn’t have survived if I had not made the wager of faith.” He encouraged his grandchildren to always be ready “to begin again” like a child does when his sandcastle is swept away.
This is a powerful book of lasting importance. I recommend it fully.
Judith Robinson
A review cannot do justice to Andre Trocme’s Memoirs, nor will all readers be affected in the same way. Those who have suffered greatly know the truth of pain that Trocme described as “an incurable wound.” But all readers are invited to consider themselves in relation to a world where suffering and sacrifice continue--and also to search for purpose in their own time. His discoveries came with hard preparation illuminated by faith, truly a pearl of great price for him and his wife Magda. While situated in the most violent war in modern times, its cruelties and spirit of evil focused them on the most essential work for them to do, despite personal deprivation and hardship. One is struck by an immediacy in his unvarnished reflections written in the 1950s, only a few years after World War II. He seems to also have been working out the interplay of circumstances and choices leading to the formation of his faith—and, clearly, his character. Named as one of the first Righteous Among the Nations for saving thousands of Jews in Vichy Fance, he would accept only as one of the many who shared such great risk. Often doubting himself, he did not doubt the purpose of the essential work to which he was called.
He traced the effects of his French Protestant father who was pious, controlling, and selfish. Proud of his family, class, and wealth, he placed heavy judgement on others, including Andre who developed little confidence in himself. His childhood perhaps led him too often to be humbly reticent by assuming the superiority of others, even naively helping friends and fellow clergy who were not immune to the pitfalls of pride, envy, status, and even betrayal. His experience as a refugee in World War I perhaps influenced his courageous decision to become a pacifist while a soldier in colonial Morocco. He and wife Magda, also an outsider, shared the search for “what is essential” in Christianity as they pledged themselves to a life of service, first in the north of France where God meant “liberation” for miners in abject poverty and later in the Midi, where God meant “nature, destiny, the unknowable” for farmers of a village conformity. Despite exhaustion, deprivation, and risk, 1942 proved their happiest year.
Suddenly shattered by a bizarre tragedy that left them “bleeding to death,” Trocme realized a God “totally immersed in the suffering of the creation.” His memoirs do not glorify but portray an intensely personal journey to the center of faith. He admonished residents and refugees of all stripes in post-war bitterness and chaos, “Let us stop labeling one another in scornful terms: right-wing, left-wing, peasants, workers, intellectuals, proletarians, or landowners.” He called them to be Christian brothers and sisters in Jesus, prayer making possible love and forgiveness for enemies without pride or hatred. At 66, he recalled these as the “essential years of my life.” Shortly before his death at 70, he said he had always doubted himself but never doubted God. He painfully analyzed his own failings, but he had learned that God loved him. “I couldn’t have survived if I had not made the wager of faith.” He encouraged his grandchildren to always be ready “to begin again” like a child does when his sandcastle is swept away.
This is a powerful book of lasting importance. I recommend it fully.
Judith Robinson
September 28, 2025
Andre' Trocme' was a son of affluent upbringing in early twentieth century France. A son of his authoritative father's second marriage, a large family and comfortable circumstances did not preclude the tragic loss of his mother in an automobile accident which Andre witnessed as a child. His path to service in the French Protestant clergy was set rather early, and often in the shadow of his powerful father. The family experienced financial loss in World War I. Foreshadowing a second world war, the once prosperous family was shipped by German authorities to live as refugees and dependents upon others. Tragedy and war did not discourage Andre's vocation, and an education which would bring him to the America of the Jazz Age 20's, New York City and Union Theological Seminary, and uniquely a brush with extreme affluence as tutor to the younger sons of John Rockefeller Jr. There he met his Italian born wife and returned to France and a series of pastorates in humble, often uncomfortable and sometimes hostile settings. In the unsettled atmosphere of post World War I Europe, Andre' developed A STRONG, UNWAVERING, AND OFTEN ASSAULTED PACIFICSM. A powerful aversion to weaponry and fighting in the name of the state-this as a new German threat led by Adolph Hitler took root just across the border. As the tide of Nazism swept over France, Andre struggled to make his pacificism understood to fellow clergy and state authorities. Family disruption and separation, and Andre eventually driven into hiding would follow. FACED WITH THE NAZI PURSUIT OF JEWS, ANDRE'S PACIFICISM WAS TESTED- EVEN REDEFINED. HE WOULD BE CREDITED WITH SAVING THOUSANDS OF JEWISH LIVES WITH NO SHOT FIRED, NO EXPLOSION SET. HIS PACIFICISM WOULD TRIUMPH, in the midst of world wide horror and bookends of personal tragedy, from his 10-year-old eyes seeing his dead mother in a road, to the closing year of World War II and the sight of his adored and gifted eldest son hanging in the family bathroom. IN TRAGEDY PERSONALLY ENDURED AND THE INHUMANITY OF WAR, TROCME' IS UNWAVERING IN HIS AVERSION TO VIOLENCE. IF NOT UNSHAKEN IN HIS FAITH. HONESTY ALSO TRIUMPHS IN THESE PAGES, as he describes mounting the pulpit days after his elder son's suicide. This memoir, written twenty years beyond World War II, is shadowed by the suicide of his youngest son in 1962. IN CLOSING TROCME' REMAINS HONEST ABOUT THE IMPACT OF LOSS AND TRAGEDY ON HIS FAITH. (See pgs. 452-53) A FAITH STRONG BUT TESTED AND MATURED AMID THEREALITIES OF LIFE, THE DISAPPOINNTMENTS IN FRIENDS AND THE TRAGEDIES OF THE WORLD. AND IN OUR WORLD WHERE THE REFUGEE IS SHUNNED BY THE POWERFUL AND DEPORTED BY THE STATE, ANDRE TROCME's LIFE STANDS AS TRUE WITNESS TO THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. (And many thanks to Plough for this story and my copy.)
December 27, 2025
André Trocmé is famous for his role in saving thousands of Jews from the Nazis as the pastor of the village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. But who was the man behind the legend, and how did he become an international hero and uncompromising advocate of nonviolence resistance? Written in the 1950s and first published in French in 2020, these memoirs trace André Trocmé’s bourgeois childhood to his teenage years as a World War I refugee to his young adult studies abroad in New York City, where he met his future wife, Magda and military service in Algeria, which cemented his pacifist stance. He writes about his postings as a pastor in depressed areas of France, resisting fascism and hiding Jews in Le Chambon. This detailed first-person account details a varied life that never strayed from trying to do the right thing.
I honestly expected a lot more of the memoir to be about protecting and saving Jews with the subtitle. So, I was quite disappointed there was not more about that. But what was included was moving and showed just how the Church turned their back on not only their commands by Jesus, but how they conveniently forget that Jesus was a Jew himself. Trocmé was already a progressive thinker on thin ice with those in the hierarchy but of course, people loved him as I did.
But readers must realize that the editors gave the book the subtitle. This memoir was written for his children. So, he focuses on all aspects of his life. It’s more formal than I expected for that purpose, but it’s not so much that it’s overly difficult to read. Any difficulty is in the emotion that goes with the touchy subjects of living through two wars and, even worse, the suicide of his teenage son. He was unable to complete his memoirs, and there is an epilogue that summarizes what hasn’t been covered. But I have to say the book is hefty already at 463 pages, and I’m not sure how much longer I could have kept reading. Do I find this a problem? No. This wasn’t intended for me. While it was educational and I'm glad I read it, this was created for his children. They are the ultimate critics.
This does provide a lot of study for those into history, especially of the World Wars. If you would enjoy reading about other intriguing figures in Christianity, then you would enjoy this.
I received a copy from the publisher; all opinions are my own.
I honestly expected a lot more of the memoir to be about protecting and saving Jews with the subtitle. So, I was quite disappointed there was not more about that. But what was included was moving and showed just how the Church turned their back on not only their commands by Jesus, but how they conveniently forget that Jesus was a Jew himself. Trocmé was already a progressive thinker on thin ice with those in the hierarchy but of course, people loved him as I did.
But readers must realize that the editors gave the book the subtitle. This memoir was written for his children. So, he focuses on all aspects of his life. It’s more formal than I expected for that purpose, but it’s not so much that it’s overly difficult to read. Any difficulty is in the emotion that goes with the touchy subjects of living through two wars and, even worse, the suicide of his teenage son. He was unable to complete his memoirs, and there is an epilogue that summarizes what hasn’t been covered. But I have to say the book is hefty already at 463 pages, and I’m not sure how much longer I could have kept reading. Do I find this a problem? No. This wasn’t intended for me. While it was educational and I'm glad I read it, this was created for his children. They are the ultimate critics.
This does provide a lot of study for those into history, especially of the World Wars. If you would enjoy reading about other intriguing figures in Christianity, then you would enjoy this.
I received a copy from the publisher; all opinions are my own.
March 25, 2026
This inspiring memoir was originally published in France in 2020, and is now available translated into English. André Trocmé was a French Protestant pastor who helped save thousands of Jews from the Nazis during World War II. This book tells that fascinating true story, positioning the author's World War II heroism in the context of an ordinary, faithful Christian life.
The book begins with a description of Trocmé's family background and some formative events from his privileged childhood, and the memoir goes on to cover topics like his experiences as a conscientious objector during wartime, his theological education, his work as a pastor, his family relationships, and his efforts to save Jewish lives during WWII. The memoir ends in the 1950s, since death prevented Trocmé from completing it. An epilogue fills in some additional biographical details.
Trocmé originally wrote this memoir for his children, so his voice here is very conversational, not academic in tone. Even though the book is lengthy and gets dense at times, it is readable and personable. I appreciated Trocmé thoughtful perspectives and self-reflection, and he offers nuanced takes on some theological disagreements and challenges that he faced with ministry partnerships. He provides a great example of what it looks like to balance an ecumenical outlook with strong personal convictions.
The Memoirs of André Trocmé: The Pastor Who Rescued Jews offers a unique first-person account of World War II resistance and mid-century religious movements. This has academic value for people who are studying these topics, and it also has enough general appeal to draw in World War II history buffs and readers who enjoy learning about heroes from church history.
I received a free copy from the publisher, and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
The book begins with a description of Trocmé's family background and some formative events from his privileged childhood, and the memoir goes on to cover topics like his experiences as a conscientious objector during wartime, his theological education, his work as a pastor, his family relationships, and his efforts to save Jewish lives during WWII. The memoir ends in the 1950s, since death prevented Trocmé from completing it. An epilogue fills in some additional biographical details.
Trocmé originally wrote this memoir for his children, so his voice here is very conversational, not academic in tone. Even though the book is lengthy and gets dense at times, it is readable and personable. I appreciated Trocmé thoughtful perspectives and self-reflection, and he offers nuanced takes on some theological disagreements and challenges that he faced with ministry partnerships. He provides a great example of what it looks like to balance an ecumenical outlook with strong personal convictions.
The Memoirs of André Trocmé: The Pastor Who Rescued Jews offers a unique first-person account of World War II resistance and mid-century religious movements. This has academic value for people who are studying these topics, and it also has enough general appeal to draw in World War II history buffs and readers who enjoy learning about heroes from church history.
I received a free copy from the publisher, and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
October 15, 2025
This is a fascinating memoir of a man who was one of the key people in France rescuing Jewish people from the Nazi death camps. Pastor Trocme was instrumental in hiding Jewish refugees in France and getting them out of the country.
His memoirs, translated from French by Patrick Henry and Mary Anne O’Neill, are fascinating, and entertaining. He writes about his family, his pastoral training and his work rescuing thousands of Jews. He also talks about what it was like having to go into hiding because the Nazis were out to kill him.
I highly recommend this book. It’s a heartfelt work, told in Trocme’s own words and makes his period in history relatable and exciting. It’s history that reads like a novel.
I received an advance review copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving this review.
His memoirs, translated from French by Patrick Henry and Mary Anne O’Neill, are fascinating, and entertaining. He writes about his family, his pastoral training and his work rescuing thousands of Jews. He also talks about what it was like having to go into hiding because the Nazis were out to kill him.
I highly recommend this book. It’s a heartfelt work, told in Trocme’s own words and makes his period in history relatable and exciting. It’s history that reads like a novel.
I received an advance review copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving this review.
May 6, 2026
I mainly wanted to read about the time during WW II when the Jews were rescued by this town and specifically this pastor. The memoir was originally published in France in 2020 and is now available translated into English. I think what struck me the most was the diversified opinions and stances took by the various townspeople and ministers throughout the war of this area and within his circle of acquaintances. The fact that he remained a conscientious objector to violence is a sidebar to the historical story but an important one as well to highlight. Tragedy also struck his family in more ways than one which makes his effort to consider the Jews and their safety that much more remarkable. Many did not or chose to be indifferent or at best feared for their own safety instead of helping the Jews.
October 4, 2025
This was an interesting memoir, and a peek into the life of a man who saved many lives. Although it doesn’t focus solely on his time during the war, and starts instead much earlier, I think it helped give the reader better insight into what shaped him. While this may have been written for his children, it’s easy to see how this could appeal to a broader audience if you’re interested in historical memoirs, specifically those surrounding the war eras. This wasn’t a light read by any means, but it was very informative, and paints a very detailed picture through words. If you aren’t a history buff, or aren’t into heavy-duty memoirs and biographies, then this might not be your thing, but if you are, then this should be the next book you pick up!
December 19, 2025
I got an ARC of this book.
Now this is a LONG book. It is not just the diary entries from Trcomé's most famous activism. It follows from his childhood home forward. There is a nice introduction that puts into perspective some of the reasons why the memoir was published was full. It was just really long. It is not a book to sit and read all the way through. It has a lot and some of it seems relatively dull.
Was this a memoir worth reading? Yes. Was this a memoir I should have attempt to read in a few days, no. Give this one time to sit, otherwise it will not be as powerful and will be a slog.
This is another important memoir of the Holocaust and the resistence.
Now this is a LONG book. It is not just the diary entries from Trcomé's most famous activism. It follows from his childhood home forward. There is a nice introduction that puts into perspective some of the reasons why the memoir was published was full. It was just really long. It is not a book to sit and read all the way through. It has a lot and some of it seems relatively dull.
Was this a memoir worth reading? Yes. Was this a memoir I should have attempt to read in a few days, no. Give this one time to sit, otherwise it will not be as powerful and will be a slog.
This is another important memoir of the Holocaust and the resistence.
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